This song sounds better year after year.

it brings me to a particular period of my life, when I were teen, full of questions, doubts, fears, love.... and it's funny to think that some things remains always the same... maybe a little less questions and love...

aquadonia wrote:...

Very few rock and roll songs work with lavish orchestration. This one isn't one of them. Worst song on a good CD

all my favorite singers couldnt sing
d.c. berman - silver jews

I feel sorry for those who discount bands/songs/albums because a vocalist doesnt meet certain imaginary criteria.

I have an opinion on Corgans voice but it is far more complex than "make it stop, his voice is terrible (dumb head against wall emoticon here)".

I'm mad that he retired his soft lullabye voice from the earlier albums for that snarly rasp that dominates the later albums.

jerseygirl wrote:

Can you read?

I said:



I in fact am NOT saying that no songs played on commerical radio should be played here. I'm saying the opposite. I was responding to a comment that said this song reminded the listener of Clear Channel, and I reminded him that this song became popular before Clear Channel dominated the airwaves with their "advertising, the forced feeding of songs, the homogenization of people and music." It's a good song, and that's why it is played here.

Did they ever record a follow-up single called "Da Udder Arm" or "Datarm?"

(I growed up in Youngstown over dere in Nort'east Ohio, and dis is how us guys from dere talk, y'know?)

Oh man, even with that horrible singing, this song starts out as an 8 for me. Man, it's so good.

Mmm this is more better! I don't like Smashing Pumpkins unilaterally - but this song is wonderful - and in fact the CD was pretty damn good.

plutodazed wrote:

I love the entire Singles soundtrack.

excellent choice on the playlist Franklins Tower into Disarm

This is one of the better songs off of the overrated Siamese Dream CD. Gish, the 1991 CD that came out before this one, is much better.

However, for one of their best songs, listen to "Drown" off the Singles movie soundtrack.

mrtyler wrote:

Wonderful post! Right there with a great post Lester once made explaining an ellipsis.

Song? 7 + fond memories

thewiseking wrote:

ahh, of course. i can say the same.

i have loved the pumpkins for the past 10 years and still love them. that said, too bad billy corgan is an a-hole.

Great song!!!

The album name is wrong! It's "Rotten Apples"

mozo125 wrote:
I work across the hall from KCUV in Denver. They play "Americana," basically alt-country. Last week Son Volt were hanging out in the studio. The station streams online at http://www.kcuvradio.com/. Also worth checking out is KVCU in Boulder at http://www.radio1190.org/

But really you should never shut off Radio Paradise.

KevDogRedux wrote:

This is by no means an uncommon ailment.

This song saved me

brilliant, original, better with age (like me)

I dunno what part of CO you're in, but it could be this state (I'm here too)...radio choices in Metro Denver, and Colo Spgs in particular, are awful!

:puke:


snowak wrote:

mrtyler wrote:

Significant? I suppose it could be, but only if one has difficulty grasping the bleeding obvious.

so what are you saying? that absolutely no songs played on "regular" radio should be played here? you are missing the point of alternate radio. it is the advertising, the forced feeding of songs, the homogenization of people and music. it is not about one song. otherwise we can get rid of many many songs if that is the basis of whether it is played on clear channel or not. open your eyes!! and Clearchannel has existed for a long long long time now. GET what this is about!


Gish05 wrote:

Mugro wrote:

i'll go you one better as a person who hasn't had a radio in the car at all for going on 4 years now(three car stereos stolen in less than 6 months, that's what i get for moving to LA). with the exception of NPR, i find silence, or the hum of traffic, or even my own screetchy singing voice preferable to most of what's out on the airwaves these days.

If only Billy could sing, then he'd be the complete package. Alas...

siamese dream is one of the greatest albums ever...the three tunes at the heart of this album -

Hummer
Rocket
Disarm

are absolutely incredible...10+ years later and still move me like when I heard the first time.

Their Greatest Hits album sure aint their greatest hits. (Although granted, there are a couple of crackers there.)

snowak wrote:

Nope. I found myself turning the car stereo off completely the other day when I realized I didn't have my ipod in the car with me!! No use listening to constant advertisements and the latest "gems" from Interpol or Franz Ferdinand. Blech!

Lovely song... What about Corgan's new album, how does it sound like?...